Brown's Requiem

”I had wanted a way to express my sense of fair play and my love of beauty. I had wanted to crack wise and kick ass on those who deserved it. I had wanted to express a cynical, world-weary ethos tempered with compassion that women would eat up. I wanted low-level, uncomplicated power over other peop......more

I love hard-boiled voices. Why? You might ask. Because I like seeing a dickhead get punched in the gullet and knocked on his keister. I take an absurdly sick pleasure in this scenario. Again, you might ask why. Well…because I have literally been an underdog my entire life. I might as well have a t-s......more

Entertaining private eye shizz with the usual tropes. Fritz Brown is an alcoholic ex-cop with a sky high IQ, and a witty line in banter. In the intro, the author does acknowledge his debt to Raymond Chandler, and says that after this book, he was moving away from "genrehack boulevard". I am reading "T......more

about a 3.7 rounded up; good, not great but whoa. full post here: [URL not allowed] In the introduction to this edition of Brown's Requiem, Ellroy notes from the outset that he was "determined to write an autobiographical epic second to none," but he also realized that his life......more

3.5*/5 Μην υποθέσετε ότι αυτό το βιβλίο είναι ένα πρωτόλειο έργο, μια απλή έναρξη της καριέρας ενός εκ των 2-3 κορυφαίων γραφιάδων στο κομμάτι της αστυνομικής λογοτεχνίας των ΗΠΑ. Ο Ellroy απ'αυτό το ντεμπούτο φαίνεται πως είχε ήδη βρει την ταυτότητα του, στυλιστικά αλλά και σε θέμα ρυθμού (ειδικά σε......more